Do slotted and drilled rotor make noise? Im going to be doing my brakes soon and thats what I will use. I just dont want any noise. Thanks

 

What? No. It all comes down the the pad.

If its more of a look thing if you don't see the track, as for a track build you would like to select a setup based on your type of driving.

 

I was on ebay looking for centric or R1 concept rotors. I saw a add that said their slotted and drilled rotors made no sound.I will not be doing any track time.I would use stop tech ceramic pads or posi quiet.Brake performance has lifetime warranty on materials on two yr for cracking and warping. R1 and centric are 1 yr. I guess the drilled and slotted are more for looks? I thought they might give alittle better braking performance.Thanks Urbanengineer.

 

Its all for looks (in our OEM case). Stoptech put out some statement saying that the bigger brakes and the rotors/pads they sell do not make your stop faster, but in fact can reduce brake fade. This is great for repeated stops, because braking creates monster heat.

I have R1 on my car, posiquiet pads. You get the cold morning squeak every once in a while! I don't push the brakes so the drills and slots I have are 100% for looks.

 

I will be ordering the rotors and pads next week.The looks is fine with me! They have to be as good as oem or slightly better!Thats all I needed to hear I wont mind a squeak once in awhile. Thanks!

 

I don't know what kind of pads Stoptech uses but a track-compound pad will definitely decrease the stopping distance if the tires allow it.

 

I decided against slotted/drilled rotors but went for Hawk Ceramic pads. No noise and stops very well. But I drive like your "lolo" and only hit the track on my CBR1100xx so Hawks are fine.

 

Is this only with a special setup? Or if I switched my daily pads to stop tech track editions would it change drastically?

 

Errrr, track compound pads work better at high temperature and will un-bed themselves at normal daily driving temperatures. Completely unfit for street use.

Breaking in terms of one panic stop are basically limited to tires. Maybe at the very begining of the panic brake, if you had higher mu you could reach abs braking a split second earlier as you mash the brake, but it's not really that significant. All the sports/race brakes are for heat issues.

http://www.zeckhausen.com/Testing_Brakes.htm

 

Only once they're warmed up, not recommended for DD!
I've been running the combination of DBA Slotted/Drilled rotors and HAWK HPS pads for close to 30K miles without issues but you do need to do the "Bed In" process which allows 30% better stopping ability! (search hawk bed in process)
Gary

 

Just saying, I bedded in a set of track pads and left them on the car for about a week and a half and had no problems overcoming the ABS compared to my regular Hawk pads. I was testing them out so yes they were warmed up at the time. Calipers and rotors are meh, but pads can make a difference.

 

They can. Not a squealing noise however

The slots can make a sort of "brushing" noise as the pads pass over the slots in them. It almost sounds like a light scraping noise, you usually hear when driving next to a wall.